Safety, Regulations, 2008

L.N. 226 of 2008

FOOD SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 449)

Enforcement of various European Union Regulations on Food

Safety, Regulations, 2008

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 10 of the Food

Safety Act, the Minister for Social Policy has made the following

regulations>

The title of these regulations is Enforcement of various Title.

European Union Regulations on Food Safety, Regulations, 2008.

Definition.

“Act” shall mean the Food Safety Act.

2.

These regulations apply to the following European Union European union

Regulations to

regulations>

which these

regulations apply.

3.1 Regulation (EC) No 882#2004 of the European Parliament Official Controls.

and the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure

the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health

and animal welfare rules.

3.2 a. Regulation (EC) No 178#2002 of the European Food Hygiene.

Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the

general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the

European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters

of food safety<

b. Regulation (EC) No 852#2004 of the European Parliament

and the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs.

3.3 a. Council Regulation (EEC) No 315#93 of 8 February 1993 Contaminants.

laying down Community procedures for contaminants in food<

b. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881#2006 of 19

December 2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in

foodstuffs<

c. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126#2007 of 28

September 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881#2006 setting

maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs as regards

Fusarium toxins in maize and maize products<

d. Commission Regulation (EC) No 565#2008 of 18 June

2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881#2006 setting maximum levels

for certain contaminants in foodstuffs as regards the establishment of a

maximum level for dioxins and PCBs in fish liver<

e. Commission Regulation (EC) No 629#2008 of 2 July 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 1881#2006 setting maximum levels for

certain contaminants in foodstuffs.

3.4 a. Commission Regulation (EC) No 401#2006 of 23

February 2006 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for

the official control of the levels of mycotoxins in foodstuffs<

b. Commission Decision of 12 July 2006

No. 2006#504#EC on special conditions governing certain foodstuffs

imported from certain third countries due to contamination risks of these

products by aflatoxins<

c. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1882#2006 of 19

December 2006 laying down methods of sampling and analysis for the

official control of the levels of nitrates in certain foodstuffs<

d. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1883#2006 of 19

December 2006 laying down methods of sampling and analysis for the

official control of levels of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in certain

foodstuffs<

e. Commission Regulation (EC) No 333#2007 of 28 March

2007 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official

control of the levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, inorganic tin, 3-MCPD

and benzo(a)pyrene in foodstuffs.

3.5 a. Regulation (EC) No 2232#96 of the European Parliament

and of the Council of 28 October 1996 laying down a Community

procedure for flavouring substances used or intended for use in or on

foodstuffs<

b. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565#2000 of 18 July

2000 laying down the measures necessary for the adoption of an

evaluation programme in application of Regulation (EC) No 2232#96

of the European Parliament and of the Council<

c. Commission Regulation No 622#2002 of 11 April 2002

establishing deadlines for the submission of information for the

evaluation of chemically defined flavouring substances used in or on

foodstuffs<

d. Commission Regulation No 2065#2003 of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 10 November 2003 on smoke

flavourings used or intended for use in or on foods<

e. Commission Regulation (EC) No 627#2006 of 21 April

2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 2065#2003 of the European

Parliament and of the Council as regards quality criteria for validated

analytical methods for sampling, identification and characterisation of

primary smoke products.

3.6 a. Regulation (EC) No 258#97 of the European Parliament Novel Food.

and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and

novel food ingredients<

b. Commission Regulation (EC) No 608#2004 of 31 March

2004 concerning the labelling of foods and food ingredients with added

phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols and#or phytostanol esters.

3.7 a. Regulation (EC) No 1829#2003 of the European Genetically

Modified

Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically Organisms.

modified food and feed<

b. Regulation (EC) No 1830#2003 of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 concerning the

traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and the

traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically

modified organisms and amending Directive 2001#18#EC<

c. Commission Regulation (EC) No 65#2004 of 14 January

2004 establishing a system for the development and assignment of

unique identifiers for genetically modified organisms<

d. Commission Regulation (EC) No 641#2004 of 6 April

2004 on detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No

1829#2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards

the application for the authorisation of new genetically modified food

and feed, the notification of existing products and adventitious or

technically unavoidable presence of genetically modified material which

has benefited from a favourable risk evaluation<

e. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1981#2006 of 22

December 2006 on detailed rules for the implementation of Article 32

of Regulation (EC) No 1829#2003 of the European Parliament and of

the Council as regards the Community reference laboratory for

genetically modified organisms<

f. Regulation (EC) No 298#2008 of the European Parliament

and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No

1829#2003 on genetically modified food and feed, as regards the

implementing powers conferred on the Commission.

3.8 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073#2005 of 15 November

2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs.

3.9. a. Regulation (EC) No 1935#2004 of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and

articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives

80#590#EEC and 89#109#EEC<

b. Commission Regulation (EC) 1895#2005 of the 18

November 2005 on the restriction of use of certain epoxy derivatives in

materials and articles intended to come into contact with food<

c. Commission Regulation (EC) No 2023#2006 of 22

December 2006 on good manufacturing practice for materials and

articles intended to come into contact with food<

d. Commission Regulation (EC) No 282#2008 of 27 March

2008 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into

contact with foods and amending Regulation (EC) No 2023#2006<

e. Commission Regulation (EC) No 372#2007 of 2 April

2007 laying down transitional migration limits for plasticisers in gaskets

in lids intended to come into contact with foods<

f. Commission Regulation (EC) No 597#2008 of 24 June

2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 372#2007 laying down transitional

migration limits for plasticisers in gaskets in lids intended to come into

contact with foods<

3.10 Commission Regulation (EC) No 37#2005 of 12 January

Quick-frozen foods.

2005 on the monitoring of temperatures in the means of transport,

warehousing and storage of quick frozen foodstuffs intended for human

consumption<

3.11 a. Regulation (EC) No 1924#2006 of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and

health claims made on foods<

b. Commission Regulation (EC) No 353#2008 of 18 April

2008 establishing implementing rules for applications for authorisation

of health claims as provided for in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No

1924#2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

3.12 Regulation (EC) No 1925#2006 of the European Parliament Addition

vitamins and

and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on the addition of vitamins minerals and of

certain other

and minerals and of certain other substances to foods.

substances to foods.

3.13 Regulation (EC) No 1774#2002 of the European Parliament Animal by-products

not intended for

and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules human

concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption. consumption.

3.14 a. Regulation (EC) No 1760#2000 of the European Labelling of Beef

Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a system for and Beef Products.

the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the

labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation

(EC) No 820#97<

b. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1825#2000 of 25 August

2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC)

No 1760#2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards

the labelling of beef and beef products.

3.15 a. Commission Regulation (EC) No 884#2007 of 26 July Emergency

Measures.

2007 on emergency measures suspending the use of E 128 Red 2G as

food colour<

b. Commission Regulation (EC) No 601#2008 of 25 June

2008 on protective measures applying to certain fishery products

imported from Gabon and intended for human consumption.

3.16 a. Commission Regulation (EC) No 543#2008 of 16 June Marketing

2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Standards.

Regulation (EC) No 1234#2007 as regards the marketing standards for

poultry-meat<

b. Council Regulation (EC) No 1234#2007 of 22 October

2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and

on specific provisions for certain agricultural products.

Any person who violates the provisions of the regulations of

the European Union to which these regulations apply shall be guilty of

an offence against these regulations and the provisions of the Act

concerning the violation of the provisions of regulations made under

the Act shall apply to the violation of the said regulations of the European

Union.

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